The turquoise coast of Turkey or the moniker Turkish Riviera should be on anyone’s itinerary if they have time to spend in this amazing country. When they call it the the turquoise coast, they are not lying. The colors of the sea are amazing and the cities that dot the coastal highways are all [...]
Oludeniz, or dead sea (olu = dead & deniz=sea), is perhaps the most famous vacationing spot on Turkey’s Aegean coast. Simply google Oludeniz and the resulting images are a reason it’s so popular. Bright blue skies with corresponding bright clear waters. If you are heading to Turkey on holiday, this is the place! Average Summer [...]
Antalya is a burgeoning Turkish city on the southern Mediterranean coast, an hour and change plane ride from Istanbul. Known for its terrific exchange rates and long warm summers, Antalya is a hot ex-pat site for UK’ers as well as a smattering of other vacationers from the US and Europe. Antalya is a terrific city [...]
Antalya is a city by the sea on the south coastline of Turkey. It is also Turkey’s fastest growing city and home to a ever growing ex-pat population. To it’s credit it boasts several Starbucks. You definitely know when a city has arrived by the entrance of the almighty Starbucks, a slice of Americana for wayward travelers. [...]
There are more than 10 things to do in Cappadocia. In fact there are at least 20 things no one should miss here, but for brevity’s sake, here is a compact list. Cappadocia is a mystery wrapped in a puzzle smothered with confusion. The region is so rich with wonder and amazing sites both man [...]
Cappadocia Love Valley is a real place just outside of the city Goreme in Turkey’s Cappadocia region.Why it’s called the love valley is plainly obvious once you look at the photos below. Please do not adjust your computer screen, objects appear larger than they actually are…ok, you got me, those suckers are huge and they [...]
A comfortable 4 hour bus ride south of Istanbul on the Turkish Mediterranean sits a very famous symbol of Modern Turkey, the WWI battle site of Galipoli. If you don’t know much as WWI, you are not alone. During this time, the Ottoman Empire was essentially an enemy, siding with the Germans. The peninsula of Galipoli represented [...]
Turkey should definitely be on your bucket list, if not for the jewel of Istanbul then the crystal clear waters of the Aegean sea or the phallic shaped rocks of Cappadocia. Yes, Turkey is a Muslim country but one of the most progressive around, last I heard the president was trying to ban women from wearing head [...]
The Blue Mosque, or Sultan Ahmed Mosque is perhaps the most famous landmark in Istanbul. It’s 400th birthday will occur in and around 2016, no spring chicken. It’s called the Blue Mosque, not because its partial to melancholy but for the thousands of blue hand painted tiles adorning it’s walls. It is is an actual [...]
While Turkey has not produced the most witty of road signs, I found that the school signs were strange to say the very least. Here is a small collection plus a couple other weird but funny road signs thrown in for measure. by
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